U.S. patent number 7,817,414 [Application Number 12/057,312] was granted by the patent office on 2010-10-19 for electronic device bearing seat.
This patent grant is currently assigned to ASUSTek Computer Inc.. Invention is credited to Wei-Huan Chou, Ya-Wen Deng, Sih-Ren Fu, Fang-Yu Hsieh, Kai-Chen Tien.
United States Patent |
7,817,414 |
Chou , et al. |
October 19, 2010 |
Electronic device bearing seat
Abstract
An electronic device bearing seat includes a casing, a hook, a
first resilient element, an ejector, a second resilient element, a
pivot, a connecting rod and an ejecting button. The casing has a
first opening and a second opening. The hook is movably provided in
the first opening and includes a first withstanding post and a
recess. The first resilient element is disposed between the casing
and the hook. The ejector is movably provided in the second opening
and is detachably fastened in the recess. The ejector includes a
second withstanding post. The second resilient element is disposed
between the casing and the ejector. The shaft is disposed in the
casing. The connecting rod is rotatably disposed at and passed by
the pivot and pushes against the first and second withstanding
post. The ejecting button is movably disposed on the casing and
abuts against the connecting rod.
Inventors: |
Chou; Wei-Huan (Taipei,
TW), Tien; Kai-Chen (Taipei, TW), Hsieh;
Fang-Yu (Taipei, TW), Deng; Ya-Wen (Taipei,
TW), Fu; Sih-Ren (Taipei, TW) |
Assignee: |
ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Taipei,
TW)
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Family
ID: |
39793945 |
Appl.
No.: |
12/057,312 |
Filed: |
March 27, 2008 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20080239658 A1 |
Oct 2, 2008 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Mar 30, 2007 [TW] |
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96111296 A |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
361/679.41;
710/304; 361/679.58; 361/679.56; 710/303 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F
1/1632 (20130101); H01R 13/633 (20130101); H01R
13/6278 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
G06F
1/16 (20060101) |
Field of
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;361/679.43 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Gandhi; Jayprakash N
Assistant Examiner: Edwards; Anthony Q
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An electronic device bearing seat suitable to bear an electronic
device, the electronic device bearing seat comprising: a casing
having a first opening and a second opening; a hook movably
provided in the first opening and having a first withstanding post
and a recess, wherein the hook is detachably fastened to the
electronic device; a first resilient element disposed between the
casing and the hook and used for providing resilience for the hook;
an ejector movably provided in the second opening and detachably
fastened in the recess of the hook to eject the electronic device,
wherein the ejector has a second withstanding post; a second
resilient element disposed between the casing and the ejector and
used for providing resilience for the ejector; a pivot disposed in
the casing; a connecting rod rotatably disposed at the pivot,
passed by the pivot and used for pushing the first withstanding
post and the second withstanding post to drive the hook and the
ejector to move; and an ejecting button movably disposed on the
casing and abutting against the connecting rod to drive the
connecting rod to rotate around the pivot.
2. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 1 further
comprising a torsion spring connected between the pivot and the
connecting rod and used for providing resilience for the connecting
rod.
3. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 1, wherein
the first withstanding post is corresponding to the first
opening.
4. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 1, wherein
the second withstanding post is corresponding to the second
opening.
5. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 1, wherein
the moving direction of the hook is perpendicular to the moving
direction of the ejector.
6. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 1, wherein
the ejector is about U-shaped, and one side of the ejector is
shorter.
7. An electronic device bearing seat suitable to bear an electronic
device, the electronic device bearing seat comprising: a casing
having a first opening and a second opening; a hook movably
provided in the first opening and having a first withstanding post
and a recess, wherein the first withstanding post is protrudently
provided at the hook; an ejector which is U-shaped, wherein one end
of the ejector is an ejecting end movably provided in the second
opening, the other end of the ejector is a fastening end detachably
fastened in the recess of the hook, and the ejector has a second
withstanding post protrudently disposed at the ejector; a pivot
disposed in the casing; a connecting rod rotatably disposed at the
pivot, passed by the pivot and used for pushing the first
withstanding post and the second withstanding post to drive the
hook and the ejector to move; and an ejecting button movably
disposed on the casing and abutting against the connecting rod to
drive the connecting rod to rotate around the pivot.
8. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7 further
comprising a first resilient element disposed between the casing
and the hook to provide resilience for the hook.
9. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7 further
comprising a second resilient element disposed between the casing
and the ejector to provide resilience for the ejector.
10. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7 further
comprising a torsion spring connected between the pivot and the
connecting rod to provide resilience for the connecting rod.
11. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7,
wherein the first withstanding post is corresponding to the first
opening.
12. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7, the
second withstanding post is corresponding to the second
opening.
13. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7,
wherein the moving direction of the hook is perpendicular to the
moving direction of the ejector.
14. The electronic device bearing seat according to claim 7,
wherein the ejector is about U-shaped, and one side of the ejector
is shorter.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an electronic device bearing seat and,
more particularly, to a docking for bearing a tablet computer.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally speaking, as for a tablet computer, it may be used at an
electronic device bearing seat (such as a docking). Furthermore,
the docking is not only a stable placing and operating platform,
and it also has various wirings arranged therein. The wirings are
connected to various peripheral devices, respectively. Therefore,
after the tablet computer is combined with the docking, the tablet
computer may be electrically connected to various peripheral
devices via the docking. In detail, a connector may be provided at
the docking and connected to the various wirings (or peripheral
devices) at the same time. The tablet computer also has a
connector. After the tablet computer is combined with the docking,
the connector of the tablet computer is combined with the connector
of the docking. Thus, the tablet computer is electrically connected
to various peripheral devices.
However, as for the conventional structural design of the docking,
a protrudent hook is usually used to fasten the tablet computer.
That is, in the process of placing the tablet computer to the
docking, the protrudent hook retracts into the docking because of
the movement and pressure of the casing surface of the tablet
computer. After the tablet computer is completely placed to or in
the docking (that is, after the connector of the tablet computer is
connected to the connector of the docking), the hook is protrudent
from the docking under the resilience again and fastened into a
corresponding fastening hole on the casing surface of the tablet
computer. Thus, the tablet computer is fastened with the
docking.
As stated above, in the process of placing the tablet computer to
the docking, since the casing surface of the tablet computer moves
and presses the hook of the docking, the casing surface of the
tablet computer often is abraded. Therefore, the sense of beauty of
the appearance is destroyed. In addition, the conventional docking
also has a complicated structure and disadvantages such as loving
effectiveness easily.
Therefore, one objective of the invention is to provide an
electronic device bearing seat (docking), which avoids abrading the
casing surface of the tablet computer in the combining process.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the invention, the characteristics described in detail
hereinbelow are used to solve the above problem. That is, an
electronic device bearing seat of the invention is applied to bear
an electronic device. The electronic device bearing seat includes a
casing, a hook, a first resilient element, an ejector, a second
resilient element, a pivot, a connecting rod and an ejecting
button. The casing has a first opening and a second opening. The
hook is movably provided in the first opening and is fastened to
the electronic device detachably. The hook has a first withstanding
post and a recess. The first resilient element is disposed between
the casing and the hook and is used for providing resilience for
the hook. The ejector is movably provided in the second opening and
is detachably fastened to the recess of the hook to eject the
electronic device. The ejector has a second withstanding post. The
second resilient element is disposed between the casing and the
ejector and is used for providing resilience for the ejector. The
pivot is disposed in the casing. The connecting rod is rotatably
provided at the pivot and passed by the pivot, and it pushes the
first withstanding post and the second withstanding post to drive
the hook and the ejector to move. The ejecting button is movably
disposed on the casing, and it abuts against the connecting rod to
drive the connecting rod to rotate around the pivot.
The electronic device bearing seat of the invention further
includes a torsion spring connected between the pivot and the
connecting rod and used for providing resilience for the connecting
rod.
In the invention, the first withstanding post is corresponding to
the first opening.
In the invention, the second withstanding post is corresponding to
the second opening.
In the invention, the moving direction of the hook is perpendicular
to the moving direction of the ejector.
In the invention, the ejector is roughly L-shaped.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present
invention will become better understood with regard to the
following description, appended claims, and accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram showing an
electronic device bearing seat according to one embodiment of the
invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a part of lateral view and
inner structure of the electronic device bearing seat according to
one embodiment of the invention in a working state;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a part of lateral view and
inner structure of the electronic device bearing seat according to
one embodiment of the invention in another working state;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a part of lateral view and
inner structure of the electronic device bearing seat according to
one embodiment of the invention in another working state; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a part of lateral view and
inner structure of the electronic device bearing seat according to
one embodiment of the invention in another working state.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
The preferred embodiment of the invention is described with
appended drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the electronic device bearing seat
(docking) 100 of the embodiment is applied to bear an electronic
device (such as a tablet computer or a notebook which is not shown
in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2). The electronic device bearing seat 100
mainly includes a casing 110, two hooks 120, two first resilient
elements 130, two ejectors 140, two second resilient elements 150,
two pivots 160, a connecting rod 170, an ejecting button 180, two
torsion springs 190 and a connector 195.
As shown in FIG. 2, the casing 110 has a first opening 111 and a
second opening 112.
Each hook 120 is movably provided in each first opening 111 of the
casing 110, and each hook 120 has a first withstanding post 121 and
a recess 122. The first withstanding post 121 is corresponding to
the first opening 111 of the casing 110 and is protrudently
disposed at the hook 120.
Each first resilient element 130 is disposed between the casing 110
and each hook 120 and is used for providing resilience for each
hook 120. In addition, in the embodiment, the first resilient
element 130 may be a spring.
Each ejector 140 is U-shaped and movably provided in each second
opening 112 of the casing 110. One end of each ejector 140 is
detachably fastened to the recess 122 of each hook 120. In detail,
as shown in FIG. 2, one side of the U-shaped ejector 140 is
shorter. The shorter side is a ejecting end 142 and is movably
provided in the second opening 112, and the other side is a
fastening end 143 and is detachably fastened in the recess 122. In
addition, each ejector 140 has a second withstanding post 141 which
is corresponding to the second opening 112 of the casing 110 and is
protrudently disposed at the ejector 140. In addition, in the
embodiment, the moving direction of the hook 120 is perpendicular
to the moving direction of the ejector 140.
Each second resilient element 150 is disposed between the casing
110 and each ejector 140 and is used for providing resilience for
each ejector 140. In addition, in the embodiment, the second
resilient element 150 also may be a spring.
Each pivot 160 is disposed (fixed) in the casing 110.
The connecting rod 170 is rotatably disposed at and passed by two
pivots 160, and it can push the first withstanding post 121 of each
hook 120 and the second withstanding post 141 of each ejector 140.
The connecting rod 170 can be used for driving the hooks 120 and
the ejectors 140 to move (the working manner is described
hereinbelow.)
The ejecting button 180 is movably disposed on the casing 110, and
it abuts against the connecting rod 170. The ejecting button 180
can be used to drive the connecting rod 170 to rotate around two
pivots 160.
Each torsion spring 190 is connected between each pivot 160 and the
connecting rod 170 and is used for providing resilience for the
connecting rod 170. In detail, the torsion spring 190 may be
disposed at and passed by the pivot 160, and the two ends of the
torsion spring 190 is fixedly connected to pivot 160 and the
connecting rod 170, respectively.
The connector 195 is protrudent on the casing 110, and it may be
provided between the two ejectors 140 (or two hooks 120), as shown
in FIG. 1. The connector 195 may be connected to various wirings
(not shown) at the same time, and the wirings may be connected to
various peripheral devices (not shown).
The working manner of the electronic device bearing seat (docking)
100 and an electronic device is described hereinbelow.
First, as shown in FIG. 2, when the electronic device bearing seat
(docking) 100 does not bear any electronic device, the ejector 140
is protrudent from the second opening 112 of the casing 110 and
fastened in the recess 122 of the hook 120 under the resilience
provided by the second resilient element 150. That is, the ejecting
end 142 is protrudent from the second opening 112 of the casing
110, and the fastening end 143 is fastened in the recess 122 of the
hook 120. At that moment, the first resilient element 130 between
the casing 110 and the hook 120 is compressed.
As shown in FIG. 3, when an electronic device (tablet computer) 200
is put into the electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100 from
the top of the casing 110, the ejector 140 moves downward under the
pressure of the electronic device 200. Then, the fastening end 143
of the ejector 140 moves downward, and it is gradually separated
from the recess 122 of the hook 120. When the ejector 140 moves
downward to allow the fastening end 143 to be completely separated
from the recess 122 of the hook 120, the hook 120 moves immediately
and is protrudent from the first opening 111 of the casing 110
under the resilience provided by the first resilient element 130.
Thus, the hook 120 is fastened to a fastening hole 201 of the
electronic device 20. At the same time, the first withstanding post
121 of the hook 120 is against the connecting rod 170. Thus, the
electronic device 200 can be born by the electronic device bearing
seat (docking) 100 steadily, and a connector (not shown) of the
electronic device 200 is connected to the connector 195 of the
electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100. Therefore, the
electronic device 200 is connected to a plurality of peripheral
devices.
When the electronic device 200 needs to be separated from the
electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100, a user can directly
press the ejecting button 180. At that moment, the ejecting button
180 moving downward forces the connecting rod 170 to rotate around
the pivot 160 (along the clockwise direction). At that moment, the
rotating connecting rod 170 presses (rightward) the first
withstanding post 121 of the hook 120, and the hook 120 is driven
to move (rightward) into the casing 110. Then, the rotating
connecting rod 170 continues pushing (rightward) the first
withstanding post 121 of the hook 120, and then the recess 122 of
the hook 120 is above the fastening end 143 of the ejector 140, as
shown in FIG. 4. At that moment, the connecting rod 170 abuts
against the second withstanding post 141 of the ejector 140. Then,
the user still continues pressing the ejecting button 180 to allow
the rotating connecting rod 170 to continue pushing the first
withstanding post 121 of the hook 120 (rightward) and the second
withstanding post 141 of the ejector 140 upward simultaneously. The
ejecting end 142 of the ejector 140 moves upward at the second
opening 112 of the casing 110 to eject the electronic device, as
shown in FIG. 5. Thus, the connector of the electronic device 200
is separated from the connector 195 of the electronic device
bearing seat (docking) 100. Finally, after the electronic device
200 is completely moved out of the electronic device bearing seat
(docking) 100, the user may directly release the ejecting button
180. The connecting rod 170 rotates (along the clockwise direction)
to its original position under the resilience provided by the
torsion spring 190. The hook 120 moves (leftward) under the
resilience provided by the first resilient element 130 to be
fastened with the fastening end 143 of the ejector 140 again, as
shown in FIG. 1.
As stated above, the electronic device bearing seat (docking)
disclosed in the invention has many advantages. First, in the
process of placing the electronic device 200 in the electronic
device bearing seat (docking) 100, since the casing surface of the
electronic device 200 does not move and press the hook 120 of the
electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100, the casing surface of
the electronic device 200 is not abraded, and the sense of beauty
of the appearance is not destroyed. The electronic device bearing
base (docking) 100 is easy to be operated, and a user is allowed to
place the electronic device 200 in the electronic device bearing
seat (docking) 100 easily and separate the electronic device 200
from the electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100 easily. The
structure of the electronic device bearing seat (docking) 100 is
simplified to avoid losing effectiveness in working and decease the
manufacturing cost.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable
detail with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, the
disclosure is not for limiting the scope of the invention. Persons
having ordinary skill in the art may make various modifications and
changes without departing from the scope and spirit of the
invention. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should not
be limited to the description of the preferred embodiments
described above.
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